- ANDThe common seal “B+ ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITMENT” includes in a unified image all the meats and products certified by the different certification systems implemented in a coordinated manner by each sector.
- The Spanish sector thus responds to consumer demands regarding ethical production that is respectful of animal welfare and contributes to ensuring that distribution has certified products on its shelves identified with a single seal that guarantees the best practices in this field. ambit
December 14, 2022. The Spanish livestock-meat sector represented by its six Interprofessional Organizations has presented the common seal «B+ ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITMENT», which includes in a unified image all the meats and products certified by the different certification systems implemented in a coordinated manner by each sector.
This is another pioneering initiative that reflects the commitment of the Spanish livestock sector to compliance with the highest standards of livestock welfare and to consolidate Spain as one of the great international references in animal welfare, highlighting the efforts carried out by the sector, with the ultimate objective of responding to the demands of society and offering:
- To consumers: guarantee and confidence in the acquisition of their certified products, produced through ethical production systems based on the support of the science of production and animal welfare.
- To commercial distribution and specialized distribution operators: a certification system that encompasses requirements based on scientific and technical criteria that are more demanding than those required by European and national regulations.
The common seal «B+ ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITMENT» strictly guarantees the products of operators that have been certified through the Technical Procedures and Regulations of the respective "Animal Welfare Commitment" certification schemes, developed by the six Interprofessionals based on the criteria and elements established by ENAC (the National Entity of Accreditation), to obtain your accreditable certification recognition. «B+ ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITMENT» and the respective certification schemes that support it are in a continuous process of verification and improvement, with the objective of recognition and accreditation by ENAC.
The common seal «B+ ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITMENT» was created to facilitate consumers' identification, through a single seal, of all products certified with these certification schemes in the white pork, Iberian pork, rabbit meat, sheep-goat, beef and veal sectors. poultry meat, and to offer distribution companies and specialized distribution greater ease in managing their animal welfare requirements for their suppliers and customers.
The certification system of the six Interprofessionals that now culminates with the common seal «B+ ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITMENT» It complies with the "Five Freedoms" and the principles of Animal Welfare established by the World Organization for Animal Health (WHO). The best Spanish technical and academic specialists in this matter have participated in its development, and it has been endorsed by high-level Scientific Committees, resulting in a certification system that encompasses requirements based on scientific and technical criteria that are more demanding than those required in the European and national regulations.
The certificate developed by each interprofessional, provides recognition, solidity and breadth and allows its adaptation to each livestock production, endorsing the good practices carried out in the areas of well-being, health, biosafety, animal management and traceability in all links. of the production chain, and is responsibly aligned with the “Farm to Fork” strategy and the Green Deal of the European Union, and therefore is also committed to sustainability, quality and food safety.
Behind this seal «B+ ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITMENT» There are hundreds of thousands of ranchers and workers in the sector who make an effort every day and fight for a commitment that they have all acquired, in order to transmit with transparency to the consumer and distribution all the criteria of well-being and ethical production that are They apply in the good care of animals and in attention to the demands received from society in this important aspect of food production.
ASICI. The Interprofessional Association of the Iberian Pig brings together producers and processing industries of Iberian products.
AVIANZA. The Spanish Interprofessional Poultry Meat Association brings together both farms and production centers as well as cutting and processing plants.
INTERCUN. The Interprofessional Organization to promote the Rabbit Sector integrates representatives of the production branch and rabbit meat processing-marketing companies.
INTEROVIC. The Interprofessional Organization of Sheep and Goat Meat represents the producers of this livestock branch and the industrialists and marketers who generate and distribute the derived products.
INTERPORC. The Interprofessional Agri-Food Organization of White-Capped Pigs represents all sectors of the white-capped pork value chain: production, processing and marketing.
PROVACUNO. The Interprofessional Agri-Food Organization of Beef is made up of the main organizations of the production sector and the processing/marketing sector.
More information:
Jose Manuel Alvarez
Interprofessional Platform Coordinator
Livestock-Meat
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